I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra.

Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.

What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.

The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field

You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.

Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear